Authorities believe someone pretending to be a police officer and driving a gold, unmarked Crown Victoria sedan may be to blame for two separate fatal shootings on Mississippi highways, ABC News reported.

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On May 8, Thomas K. Schlender, 74, of Raymond, Neb., was found shot to death in his car in the median of southbound Interstate 55 in Panola County shortly after 1:30 a.m., the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said.

Matt and Tracy Anderson told KETV-TV in Omaha, Neb., that they were looking for answers as to who killed Schlender, who is Tracy's father.

"We know that the details are not going to be pretty. We know that this is a violent end to a very kind man's life," Matt Anderson said.

Schlender was driving to pick up his grandson from college in Florida when he was killed.

"It's hard to imagine your father in that situation," Tracy Anderson said.

Schlender's family told ABC News that investigators believe he was shot through the door of his car, which swerved along the road before crashing into a median.

Lori Anne Carswell, 48, of Hernando, was also shot to death. She was found about 2:15 a.m. Friday near her car, which was on the shoulder of Mississippi 713, near Interstate 69 in Tunica County, MBI said.

Carswell was on her way home from Fitzgerald's Casino in Tunica, where she worked.

"There are some similarities between the two incidents, mainly the fact they happened alongside a Mississippi highway," said Mississippi Bureau of Investigation Director Lt. Col. Larry Waggoner. "The concern is that someone is posing as a law enforcement officer and that is how these vehicles end up on the side of the road."

Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance told ABC news that there had been reports of someone in a white, unmarked Crown Victoria trying to pull people over. On Tuesday, the white Crown Victoria was ruled out, and authorities began searching for a gold Crown Victoria, ABC news reported.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said if a driver is pulled over by a car that is not obviously being driven by an officer, he or she should call 911 or *47.

Clinton Police Lt. Creston Berch said if a driver is nervous, they can let police know while officers verify who they are.

"What they first need to do is just acknowledge that the police is behind them. And most of the time that's either by slowing down or some people do turn on their flashing hazard lights," Berch said.

Investigators said they are worried about old, auctioned police cars because people can buy them with markings and lights that might be misused.

"If it's obvious that the car is marked, or if there's a bar light, or you can see that the officer is uniform -- but if there's any question at all, just call 911," said MHP spokesman Warren Strain. "If the option of making a call is not available, try to find a lighted area."

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.